The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 4, 1916, Page 2

\a, ek, 4 e e e o S GEORGE’S PASTIME . Knocking the Nonpartisan League is becoming a pastime with 3. Smith, but his friends (?) are looki for him to run short of brimstone long before the primaries.—WILD- ROSE PLAINSMAN. WIDE AWAKE FARMERS . H. E. Gilbert of Warwick, and C. W. McDongefl .0f Xensal, have been selected by the Nonpartisan League as members of the legislature from the Thirty-second Liegislative district. Both these gentlemen are wide-awake farmers of the district, and should make exceptionally good law-makers. —NEW ROCKFORD TRANSCRIPT. BETWEEN THE LINES- Reading between the lines of the Bismarck Tribune, it appears that an agreement has already been reached bets_veen politicians - at the state capital that in case Frazier'wins the ;'egubhcan nomination for goverror an independent, preferably a Democrat, is t0 have the indorsement of the Re- publican machine for the November election.POWERS LAKE ECHO. TWO. GOOD CANDIDATES For instance the candidates in- dorsed from Emmons county for the legislature are Fay Harding of Brad- dock, and C. A. Ward of Harelton. Both are honest, clean-cut, upright ecitizens of the county, and would com- E:re favorably with any who could chosen—~EMMONS COUNTY RECORD. AN HONORABLE MAN Mr. Laird (George D. Laind) was Tecently indorsed by the Nonpartisan League convention in this county as a candidate for the legislature. He is a thrifty farmer, and while we have not had the pleasure of his acquaintance long his reputation is that he is an honorable and upright mn.n,f and one Nonpartisan League, of ‘Wells county. Mr, Wenstrom is a student of econ-: omics, and an advanced thinker, and- thinks from the standpoint of the 1! Enows and ‘can express himself in good clean forceful English, and the g:ople of' Wells county could not do tter than' send him to Bismarck as their répresentative in the wupper house.—CARRINGTON RECORD. THEY WEAR OVERAL Recognition ‘of the success' of the Nonpartisan: League in cities: outside the state has been shown 'several times of late. One such instance is a dispatch from St. Paul to the Bowman Citizen as ‘follows: 4 St. Paul, April 18—M. H: Johnson, president of the North Dakota Union of .the American Society of Equity who was here this morning said that the Nofth ' Dakota = Nonpartisan Yeague will ielect all the candidates it indorsed. He said some -6f -the old g:erty men object to our candidates® ause they wear overalls, but none charge inefficiency. “AIN'T IT THE TRUTH” | With one accord, in one long yelp, the papers opposed to the | Nonpartisan League are'compas- | sionate for the poor farmers who 1 are the dupes of the League lead- ers, Or else in unison they | “when are the intelligent snot '{ the intelligent) farmers of this- state . going to repudiate these:| 1 self-elected leaders.” League leaders btme know ‘that’| masses, and not from that of the ex~ | oiting class. He lmows what he - v questions. ' greater rule and they ar interests a_greater hoid themselves hoarse in favo: of it. to hoodwink th 000000050000 0000000000000000000 AN AUDITOR TO RELY ON Carl R. Xositsky was treasurer of Burleigh county for four years, to which position he was elected with- out any financial or political backing. For the past four years he has been secretary of the state tax commission, and in these positions he has demon- strated his ability and sterling integ- Tity. As a county official he was care- ful to watch the interests of the people who- elected him, and if he is elected state auditor the voters can rely up- ° on him.—BOWMAN CITIZEN. LEAGUE IS GROWING That the Nongartim-.l.eague,;_l:s gt g and not losing ground.as:-it- ed to be proven by several of our ers, was clearly shown in"a" elivered - b; Epf Sykeston and vicinity. People . Bowdon, Cathay, Heaton were St r the meeting a canvass made and several mew members aken in. At ‘the present time the League has { Wlé of ovel .~ who would kee bud.. it may. irevoluti body politic in this ‘mbney ruled state. -/ One of thé vital points-of any body is its leader.::So: this man Townley must be lampooned—yes, harpooned if necessary. The 'great reformers of every age have KENSAL PROGRESS. M’KENZIE’S MACHINE .The Republicans of the state are en- gaged in the matter of arranging for the elimination of the multiplicity of candidates “in bheitzl-m party, ~bef¢ire the primaries. e an amalgama- tion is proposed between the stalwarts ‘and ‘the progressive Republicans, this with the special purpose of defeating the Nonpartisan ' League © ‘proposed nominees. The proposed hybrid com- bination of standpat and progressive Republicans pretend to be gonnfied at the method and manner used by the Nonpartisans to elect candidates. Isn’t this a wonderful picture of the nice moral qualities, politically speak- ing, of the aachine ? Selah.—FARGO DEMOCRAT. NEW POPULAR SPORT - Such is. Stopping the Bismarck Trib- "< une, Says Provest = ¢ : According to a sworn- statement o; i a ot e ansgeent, el on, ete.,-o ismarck. Dai “une, made to the g & by th er e to the governm 0: une, 47in_ the "purchase ‘of ‘some pixty'] . §autos for the purpose of & & -campaign - they THE NONPARTISAN LEADER Take, for instance, the attitude of certain newspapers in this state toward the new Nonpartisan League. a farmers’ organization, having for the laudable “purpose, the improve- ment of the farmers’ condition through legislative action, that will help the farmer to help himself is dangerous to the men whose chief business it is to bleed the farmer, so the plutocratic press begins -at once to hoeller its head off and to denounce the new movement and those who are connected with it. And yet these same papers would like < the farmer and make him believe that they have his inter- ests at heart. - We want to caution the farmers of this state to keep their e ‘tyes open and watch the papers that fear the- movements that will make the farmer a more powertu! force in politics—BOWMAN CITIZEN. ...b....‘..'.'..'.....'b...........Q...........O..... 1 Mr. J. Fletcher' e crowd of farmers and citi- been martyrs.— ..,....O...‘..........0...‘......0...0.....5‘...‘..... 5 5 2 i« PLUTOCRATIC AND. DEMOCRATIC : A newspaper can alwuys be mensured byits attitude toward certain the last analysis there are only two classes of newspapers today, those with plutocratic bias and those that believe in- democracy. Watch the formert You will find that any movement in the direction of the people is considered a ady with all the type at their commsnd to down the new movement. . ‘But let something be ta}::oposed which ‘will give to the monied upon rous innovation by them, people and these papers will shout This new ‘movement is distinctly But anything THE AWAKENING HAS COME Six years ago we joined that up - of radical writers who poin: out that the only way to put the combine of greed out of power, reduce public - expenses (taxation) and secure direct popular legislation, was to so thor- oughly educate the masses that they would no longer tolerate the dictation and tyranny of excessive wealth. We did not realize that as one ex- treme follows another, we faced a new epoch. It's here. Like it or lump it —its here—a popular people’s organ- ization—the farmers in revolt. Sure- ly‘the idols, idolators and public loot- ers, . .satellites and sidelights are, doomed., Théy-stand on the crumbl- ing, verge jof-a dread abyss, oblivion. ‘The gwakening has come to the people of North Dakota and in its wake pop-* ular government will be obtained just as sure-as God. made little apples.— KENSAL PROGRESS. 2ood judgment and not per: mit themselves:to be misled by those L apart ‘and keep - fYhem from)| essing is also self- The Nonpartisan League may have made som istakes: and ‘may make some mork takes i - the future, but”its pu are right, and sure- ly the vast ‘majority of its member- ship is right, and wants to be right. This being.so; whatever theré may be in the way of mistakes in its manage- ment and sontrol can be corrected ge— cause it is in the hands of the farmers themselves ‘and | they can make such changes as they see fit.—FARGO SEARCHLIGHT. LET FARMERS ORGANIZE. - (Editorial in the Linton Free Press) Some™ yearsi ago farmers in the eastern part. of the state organized the Equity: :movement. Through a Period of years of adverse pressure - GANT 0T RECOR - they have persevered in their under- taking and today the 'agriculturists are, without doubt, the strongest or- ganization in North Dakota. Every kind of business and profession its orgamz:}tlnoxlxa t:;n;itwlfile the far- mers were the 0 i 3 have done so efiectivel;rg?nmmfl;er{ in a position’ to speak and deference I8 be paid to the producers—and this is as'it should be.” The man that voice in all matters of welfare to his state. It has not always been n to the Eqmty e N OT-H:IS!H League meeting : at Devils Lake last week and are both loud in their praise of Lynn J. Fra- zier, the Nonpartisan League candi- date for governor.—CALIO NEWS. ABOUT MR. FRAZIER' Hoople, N. D., April 20.—Lynn J, 4 Frazier of Hoople is the farmers’ can- - didate for governor, indorsed by the - Nonpartisan League. G . Six weeks ago Mr.. Frazier was an ‘ordinary sort. of farmer, who wore boots and fed:the pigs himself. Today he is the sanie sort of an o ary fel- low, but he is a candidate for governor and 35,000 farmers are behind him. Mr. Frazier is a graduate of the University of North Dakota, who re-" turned to the farm, where he has been successful. Thus far nothing objec- tionable has been found in the manm, except that he is backed by the Non- _ partiasan League, whoSe main object is to put the rollers under the profes- s'ionalppoliticians and give the farmers a voice in the affairs of the state.— AMERICAN HOME WEEKLY (St. Paul, Minn.). LIEDERBACH IS PRAISED Alex A. Liederbach, living north _of Killdeer, was indorsed by the district convention of the Nonpartisan League as representative to the state legis- lature from the 48th district. Mr. Liederbach is one of :the best and most prominent farmers living in Dunn county gnd the Killdeer com- munity. _has' resided this -county for.the past several yea has at all times worked intelligently far the best interests of and community. His stan , his good- business : tions. and . his- personal abilities are such that; he will be well figlged —— e iR, _HALL FOE OF GRAFT Hon. Thomat' Hall is the first see- retary of state that North Dakota has: had who ever \madg an honest effort to clean;up the 'printing graft. The . - favored: newspaper .men have'been in the habit of coming ‘to the state homse. * grabbing whatever; patronage they were able to hog off, at whatever rices .they saw fit to charge. Tom %all had “the ‘dourage to throw down the gage of battle fo this bunch and they tried at(once to bury him in a heap of filth jand, calumny, buf in this they haévefiafmled, Mr. Hall 'won his fight and Has ‘come ‘out of it'a bigger and stronger man ‘before the: people. There will soon:be a lot of yacancies ‘at tlmrh;tat% qapxhltz bgcausti‘ - the eople have decided to clean house g.ndpthi'ow out a lot of grafters, tools - and sissies, And we hope the places will be.filled by ‘men who have as much ion ,as Tom Hall— The Grand Forks Herald has ap- = jated wmto itself the task of - i ing” the Nonpartisan League and driving it out of politics. Isn’t that kind of the Herald? We haven't anything against the League nor are we_going it favors. produces should have an effective’: ‘defeat th the Herald’s methods. = S Every. issue of the Herald for the past few weeks has contained a nasty - attack on the League ts Some of the statem ticles :are it